Decision details

The Council's Code of Corporate Governance

Decision Maker: Audit, Risk and Governance Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Decisions:

The Committee considered a draft revised Code of Corporate Governance for the County Council. 

 

Members were reminded that the existing Code had not been reviewed since its adoption by the County Council in 2008 and that the Council's Annual Governance Statement for 2013/14 included a commitment to review the Code during 2014/15.

 

An initial draft of a revised Code had been presented to the Committee in April 2015 and a final version of the draft Code was now presented at Appendix 'A'.  It was noted that the revised Code included an updated Action Plan and sources of evidence to provide clarity about how the Council used the principles of the Code in practice. 

 

The Committee was informed that the revised Code of Corporate Governance would need to be agreed by the Committee and recommended to Full Council for approval.  Once adopted it was proposed that the Code be reviewed on an annual basis with an update on actions being presented to the Committee in early 2016.

 

Resolved: 

 

i.  That the draft revised Code of Corporate Governance, as set out at Appendix 'A' be agreed and recommended to the Full Council for approval.

 

ii.  That the Full Council be recommended to agree to the Code of Corporate Governance being reviewed on an annual basis.

Date of decision: 30/06/2015

Decided at meeting: 30/06/2015 - Audit, Risk and Governance Committee

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